Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monte Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal.
"Dumas was...a summit of art. Nobody ever could, or did, or will improve upon Dumas's romances and plays." (George Bernard Shaw)
For Thomas, intellectual knowledge is a sign of the spirituality that energizes the human center. He saw the Bible as a substitute for the wisdom of a lifetime's study and learning. All in all, Thomas concluded that mortal happiness (felicity) is uncertain, but immortal happiness (beatitude) is the ultimate end of life; beatitude is to pass beyond death to "see the face of God."
A true Greek classic! In the tenth and final year of the Trojan war, Chryses, priest of Apollo attempts to ransom his daughter from Agamemnon, leader of the invading Aecheans who has taken her captive while on a raid. Enter the immortal literary heroes on both sides Achilles, Hector, Patroclus and Priam the King of Troy.
In 1620, a hardy band of pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. They had crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the good ship "Mayflower" to seek religious freedom in the New World. Amongst these voyagers were Miles Standish, John Alden and the beautiful Priscilla Mullins. Around these early American settlers, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the immortal American poet has woven a moving and dramatic tale that has long been recognized as a classic of American literature.
A crime story featuring Eve Dallas, a police lieutenant in New York City - in the late-21st century. A top model has been murdered, her beautiful face smashed in. Eve takes on the case, putting her career on line because the prime suspect is her best friend.
